i think religion is-- religion comes from society, it's organized. that is what i mean, a human effort to bring people together. but god is something else. it's much harder. he has all the religions he wants, as you know in his earlier life he practed all three different religion. he lost all of that in his society's pam three, anything he can rely on, he's cast on the ocean to face the abstract idea of god. it's rather abractnd his mostly inner self. that's something else gla john martell noted one of the significant differences between the film and book, the film's implication that richard parker became friends with pi. >> that's not quite my intention, though. i think richard parker represents something very complicatefor me. and they can be friend, companion in some ways. can be adversaries. it can be a reflection of himself. the way of nature. >> rose: "in the novel heremains a true tiger in there is never a notion of friendship. for the sake of the movie he's created a slight illusion of friendship. in he maintains the animal is a wild animal.